integral membrane protein

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integral membrane protein (countable and uncountable, plural integral membrane proteins)

  1. (biochemistry) A protein (or assembly of proteins) that is permanently attached to a biological membrane.
    • 2000. Lodish H, Berk A, Zipursky SL, et al. Molecular Cell Biology. 4th edition. New York: W. H. Freeman; 2000. Section 3.4, Membrane Proteins. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21570/
      Integral membrane proteins, also called intrinsic proteins, have one or more segments that are embedded in the phospholipid bilayer.

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